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Eddie Dibbs is a retired American tennis player. He was born February 23, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York. His nicknames include Dibbs, Dibbies, Dibbles, Invisi-Matt, and more. He attained a career high ranking of World No. 5 in July 1978.

Singles finals

Wins (22)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1973	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.	Hard (i)	Frew McMillan	5–7, 6–1, 7–5
2.	1973	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	6–1, 3–6, 7–6, 6–3
3.	1973	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
4.	1974	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans-Jaochim Plotz	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
5.	1975	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Iván Molina	1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
6.	1975	London	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
7.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Harold Solomon	7–6, 6–2
8.	1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	6–1, 6–1
9.	1976	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
10.	1976	Paris Indoor	Hard (i)	Jaime Fillol	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6
11.	1977	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–0, 6–3
12.	1977	London WCT	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
13.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–1
14.	1978	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.	Hard (i)	Pat Du Pré	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
15.	1978	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–3
16.	1978	North Conway, New Hampshire, U.S.	Clay	John Alexander	6–4, 6–4
17.	1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	José Luis Clerc	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
18.	1979	Forest Hills, New York, U.S. - WCT Invitational	Clay	Harold Solomon	7–6, 6–1
19.	1980	Sarasota, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–1
20.	1980	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	6–2, 6–1
21.	1981	Forest Hills, New York, U.S. – WCT Tournament of Champions	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	6–3, 6–2
22.	1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	David Carter	3–6, 6–0, 7–5

Runner-ups (20)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	1974	Paris Indoor	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–0
2.	1976	Mexico City WCT	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–2
3.	1976	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–3
4.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–2, 6–1
5.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
6.	1977	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Corrado Barazzutti	7–6, 6–0
7.	1977	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Hard	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–0, 6–1
8.	1977	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 7–5, 6–4
9.	1977	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
10.	1978	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	7–6, 6–4
11.	1978	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
12.	1978	Dallas WCT, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
13.	1978	Washington, D.C.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 7–5
14.	1979	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
15.	1979	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
16.	1979	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 6–0
17.	1979	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
18.	1980	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
19.	1980	North Conway, New Hampshire, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
20.	1982	Forest Hills, New York, U.S. – WCT Tournament of Champions	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–1

He won one doubles title (Washington in 1976) and reached three doubles finals:

• 1977--London WCT
• 1976--Cincinnati, Fort Worth

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